Page9.0-11of EC9.0500 definesCommonOpenSpaceas“anareafortheuseorenjoyment <br />ofallresidentsofadevelopmentsite,excludingparkingareas,streets,andotherareas <br />designedformotorvehiclecirculationorstorage.Commonopenspacemayincludeareas <br />thatprovideforthepreservationorenhancementofnaturalresourcehabitats.”(Emphasis <br />added.) <br />Asshownin EC9.2751(1)Density(b)above,“netdensityisthenumberofdwellingunits <br />peracreoflandinactualresidentialuseandreservedfortheexclusiveuseoftheresidents <br />inthedevelopment…”EC9.0500(Definitions)Page9.0-11,inthedefinitionofCommon <br />OpenSpace,expandsthe“exclusiveuseofresidents”languageto“useandenjoymentofall <br />residents.”(Emphasisadded.) <br />I.TheCommitteedisagreeswiththeApplication’snetdensitycalculationbecause,asdiscussed <br />below,inclusionoftheproject’sso-called“IndividualPreservationAreas”intheproject’s <br />netdensitycalculationisquestionableandoverlooksthefollowing facts: <br />TheApplicationproposesthattheprojectwillcontain13so-calledIndividualPreservationAreas <br />(totaling90,619SFor2.08acres).ThelegaltitletotheseIndividualPreservationAreaswillbe <br />conveyedexclusivelytoeachoftheownersofLots5and8through19.Assuch,andastheir <br />nomenclatureimplies,these“IndividualLotPreservationAreas”areintendedsolelyforthe <br />private“use”ofeachindividuallotownerwhoholdstitletothem.(Notealsothediscussion <br />belowof“physical”accessibilityversus“visual”accessibility.) <br />Byitsveryindividualownershipcharacteristic,this90,619SF(2.08acres)of“Individual <br />LotPreservationArea”isnot“commonopenspace”asrequiredbyEC9.2751Special <br />DevelopmentStandardsforTable9.2750(1)Density(b)(repeatedfromabove) <br />“land…reservedfortheexclusiveuseoftheresidents\[plural\]inthedevelopment,suchas <br />commonopenspace.” <br />II.TheResponseCommitteefurtherexpandsupontheApplication’sflaweduseof <br />“CommonOpenSpace”or“PreservationAreas”intheApplication’s“netdensity” <br />calculation,asfollows: <br />FromthebottomofPage48of67ofthe8/22/17Application(repeatedagainfromabove) <br />EC9.2751SpecialDevelopmentStandardsforTable9.2750 <br />(1)Density <br />(b)Forpurposesofthissection,“netdensity”isthenumberofdwellingunitsper <br />acreoflandinactualresidentialuseandreservedfortheexclusiveuseofthe <br />residents”(Emphasisadded.) <br />Innumeroussections,theApplicationlabelsfourtractsoflandtotaling2.46acresas“Common <br />OpenSpace”or“PreservationAreas”or“CommunityAreas.”(Thesefourtractsoflandarealso <br />97 <br /> <br />